Improved railroad-car spittoon



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WILLIAM JAMES BEACH, OE NASHVILLE,- TENNESSEE..

Letters .Patent No.,104,69 1, d anfd vJune 28, 187 0,

- IMPROVED -RAILROAD-CAR SPITTQONX The' Schedule referred to in these Letters PatentI and making parl'l of thev same To all-whom it may concern: 4

'Be it known that I, WILLIAM JAMES BEAcH, of

Nnshville, in the county of Davidson -nud State of Tennessee,rlmre in entedv:tlnew and improved Railroad-cnr Splttoon; and I do hereby declare that` the following -ls :t full, elenr, and exnot' description thereof,

whioh'wlll enable others skilled in the nrt to make' and use the seme, reference being had to 'the accompnnying drawing formingr part of this specification, in' whieh- Figure l represents :t verticnl central section of iny improvedvspittoon. v Figure 2 isnn'inrerted'plnn view of the same.

Similar letters of' reference indicate corresponding "parts This invention hns for its object to furnish n spit toon for oars, which may be plaed on and extend through the floor, nud allow the 4contents "co be ensily emptied upon the ground under the oar.

' The spittoon is provided with ai spring door, which prevents the'entrnnce of nir whi1e `the cnr is in motion,

and which can be` opened by ineens of n levernn'd rod,

I A, in the drawing, represent-s the funnel-shaped npper port of the spittoon. Itis, 4by means of n flange, d, secured to and suspended fromthe floor of :t can'.

VBis the neck. y .0, the body of the spittoon, the lutter-being snspended below the floor.

" The bottom of the spittoon is formed 4by n hinged door, D, which is held elosed bye strong spring, E.

A lever, E,`whieh is` at one end connected by n-loop,

a, with the free or swinging end'of the door D, is, at

the otherend, seonredto the lower end of :t rod,

This rod passes vup through the floor, and has :t ring' 01- handle, b, nt its upper end. By pullingon the rod Gthe lever F will swing on n suitable` fulerum, projeoting from the door 1), or fromr the spittoon, and will thereby open the door, so ns to discharge the contents ofthe sztine to nheg:.`rrou1v1d.` The spring holds the door D properly closed during the motion of the om'.

Having lthus described my invention, f Y I olnim ns newand desire to secure by Letters Patent,

A Arailroad-enr spittoon, provided with n'sn'inginf.,I

door, D, spring E, lever Fand rod G, all arranged to operate asset forth.

Witnesses I J. R. SNEED,

E. M. THOMPSON.

WILLIAM JAMES vBEACH, l 

